| GETSTUCKIN | Brings takeaway home, having to work hard |
| STOOPING | Lowering oneself to chant, having to work (8) |
| LEARN | Student having to work for money to get knowledge (5) |
| DUTYFREE | Like some purchases, no longer having to work? (4-4) |
| DRYUP | Stop talking, having to work in kitchen |
| AIRLINE | Concern with pilots having to work regular routes |
| RESTLESS | Worried having to work longer hours? |
| UNKEPT | Having to work for oneself, and what a mess! (6) |
| ABSOLVE | Pardon a seaman, having to work things out (7) |
| COOPERATE | Craftsman worried, having to work with others (2-7) |
| SKYWRITER | Correspondent occasionally having to work in The Cloud? |
| VANISHINGCREAM | Initially retired, Michael Caine's having to work: one goes over lines (9,5) |
| SCINTILLATIONS | Twinklings of farmers finally having to work the land in 101 countries (14) |
| TROJAN | To work like one is to work hard |
| TOIL | Going to Illinois to work hard (4) |
| SWEAT | One way to avoid starving is to work hard |
| LABOUR | May have to work hard to join the party (6) |
| NEED | Want to return home, having the key to get in (4) |
| INSTRUCTIVE | Educational and fashionable to work hard to get a new cut (11) |
| ORGANGRINDER | Old player with the heart, perhaps, to work hard, eager to shed years |
